61 Bible Verses about Friends
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Do not rely on a friend;
don’t trust in a close companion.
Seal your mouth
from the woman who lies in your arms.
Everyone has to be on guard against his friend.
Don’t trust any brother,
for every brother will certainly deceive,
and every friend spread slander.
A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a difficult time.
No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends.
A man with many friends may be harmed,
but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
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I do not call you slaves anymore, because a slave doesn’t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from My Father.
Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend,
and don’t go to your brother’s house
in your time of calamity;
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous money so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.
The wounds of a friend are trustworthy,
but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.
A contrary man spreads conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.
Even my friend in whom I trusted,
one who ate my bread,
has raised his heel against me.
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
A righteous man is careful in dealing with his neighbor,
but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house;
otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.
The one who walks with the wise will become wise,
but a companion of fools will suffer harm.
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
He also said to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid.
You will even be betrayed by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will kill some of you.
After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his prosperity and doubled his previous possessions.
If someone asks him: What are these wounds on your chest?—then he will answer: I received the wounds in the house of my friends.
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.
My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,
and my relatives stand at a distance.
So the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness, and he was called God’s friend.
And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing out of the ordinary? Don’t even the Gentiles do the same?
An offended brother is harder to reach
than a fortified city,
and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress.
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love,
but whoever gossips about it separates friends.
I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
Now it is not an enemy who insults me—
otherwise I could bear it;
it is not a foe who rises up against me—
otherwise I could hide from him.
With his mouth the ungodly destroys his neighbor,
but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.
After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about Me, as My servant Job has.
The secret counsel of the Lord
is for those who fear Him,
and He reveals His covenant to them.
Each one betrays his friend;
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.
I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.
Peace be with you. The friends send you greetings. Greet the friends by name.
All of my best friends despise me,
and those I love have turned against me.
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Then Daniel went to his house and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah about the matter,
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Burial » Attended by » Attendance » Friends
Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all Pharaoh’s servants, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt went with him,
Horses and chariots went up with him; it was a very impressive procession.
David then ordered Joab and all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth,
Just as He neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow.
Christ's » Attitude toward children » Friends
Friends » False friends » David's friends were false to david
Now, it is not an enemy who insults me- otherwise I could bear it; it is not a foe who rises up against me- otherwise I could hide from him. But it is you, a man who is my peer, my companion and good friend! We used to have close fellowship; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
one who ate my bread,
has raised his heel against me.
You have made me repulsive to them.
I am shut in and cannot go out.
Malicious witnesses come forward; they question me about things I do not know. They repay me evil for good, making me desolate. Yet when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, and my prayer was genuine. read more.
I went about [grieving] as if for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning a mother. But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; they gathered against me. Assailants I did not know tore at me and did not stop. With godless mockery they gnashed their teeth at me.
Friends » Jesus calls his disciples by this term
You are My friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you slaves anymore, because a slave doesn't know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from My Father.
Friends » False friends » Jesus' disciples ran away
Meanwhile, Peter was following Him at a distance right to the high priest’s courtyard.
Friends » False friends » Judas iscariot
His betrayer had given them a sign: "The One I kiss, He's the One; arrest Him!" So he went right up to Jesus and said, "Greetings, Rabbi!"-and kissed Him.
Friends » False friends » Delilah was false to samson
Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went to bed with her. When the Gazites [heard] that Samson was there, they surrounded the place and waited in ambush for him all that night at the city gate. While they were waiting quietly, they said, "Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him." But Samson stayed in bed until midnight when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate along with the two gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. He put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron. read more.
Some time later, he fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley. The Philistine leaders went to her and said, "Persuade him to tell you where his great strength comes from, so we can overpower him, tie him up, and make him helpless. Each of us will then give you 1,100 pieces of silver." So Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me, where does your great strength [come from]? How could [someone] tie you up and make you helpless?" Samson told her, "If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become weak and be like any other man." The Philistine leaders brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them. While the men in ambush were waiting in her room, she called out to him, "Samson, the Philistines are here!" But he snapped the bowstrings as a strand of yarn snaps when it touches fire. [The secret of] his strength remained unknown. Then Delilah said to Samson, "You have mocked me and told me lies! Won't you please tell me how you can be tied up?" He told her, "If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become weak and be like any other man." Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and shouted, "Samson, the Philistines are here!" But while the men in ambush were waiting in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread. Then Delilah said to Samson, "You have mocked me all along and told me lies! Tell me how you can be tied up." He told her, "If you weave the seven braids on my head with the web of a loom-" She fastened the braids with a pin and called to him, "Samson, the Philistines are here!" He awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin, with the loom and the web. "How can you say, 'I love you,' " she told him, "when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and not told me what makes your strength so great!" Because she nagged him day after day and pled with him until she wore him out, he told her the whole truth and said to her, "My hair has never been cut, because I am a Nazirite to God from birth. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become weak and be like any other man." When Delilah realized that he had told her the whole truth, she sent this message to the Philistine leaders: "Come one more time, for he has told me the whole truth." The Philistine leaders came to her and brought the money with them. Then she let him fall asleep on her lap and called a man to shave off the seven braids on his head. In this way, she rendered him helpless, and his strength left him. Then she cried, "Samson, the Philistines are here!" When he awoke from his sleep, he said, "I will escape as I did before and shake myself free." But he did not know that the Lord had left him.
Friends » False friends » Ahithophel was false to david
While he was offering the sacrifices, Absalom sent for David’s adviser Ahithophel the Gilonite,
Friends » False friends » David was false to joab
"You also know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me and what he did to the two commanders of Israel's army, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He murdered them [in a time] of peace to avenge blood shed in war. He spilled that blood on his own waistband and on the sandals of his feet. Act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head descend to Sheol in peace.
Friends » False friends » The ephraimite's wife
In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite living in a remote part of the hill country of Ephraim acquired a woman from Bethlehem in Judah as his concubine. But she was unfaithful to him and left him for her father's house in Bethlehem in Judah. She was there for a period of four months.
Friends » False friends » Instances of » Pharaoh's butler was false to joseph
Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.
Friends » False friends » David was false to uriah
Friendship » Friends
and a brother is born for a difficult time.
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Friends
Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you.
Topics on Friends
Abandoning Friends
Proverbs 27:10
and don’t go to your brother’s house
in your time of calamity;
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Bad Friends
1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
Best Friends
Psalm 41:9
one who ate my bread,
has raised his heel against me.
Choosing Friends
Proverbs 18:24
but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
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Christians Are Called Friends
John 15:15Comfort, Of Friends
Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite,
Fake Friends
Proverbs 19:4
but a poor man is separated from his friend.
Family And Friends
Luke 21:16Friends Failing
Proverbs 19:4
but a poor man is separated from his friend.
Friends Surrounding
2 Kings 11:8You must completely surround the king with weapons in hand. Anyone who approaches the ranks is to be put to death. You must be with the king in all his daily tasks.”
Good Friends
1 Samuel 18:1-3When David had finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan committed himself to David, and loved him as much as he loved himself.
Losing Friends
Proverbs 19:4
but a poor man is separated from his friend.
True Friends
Proverbs 18:24
but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
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